In 2005, 25 percent of Americans over the age of 50 played video games, an increase from nine percent in 1999.
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The U.S. has 115,000 janitors, 83,000 bartenders, 323,000 restaurant servers, and 80,000 heavy-duty truck drivers with bachelor’s degrees.
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One town in Indiana is called Santa Claus. There is also a Santa, Idaho.
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The first female self-made millionaire in America was a black woman.
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In the U.S. the typical school year is 180 days long. In China, the typical school year is 251 days.
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Ice cream cones were popularized in America during the 1904 World’s Fair in Saint Louis when an ice cream vendor ran out of cups and asked a nearby waffle vendor to roll up his waffles to hold the ice cream.
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No president of the United States was an only child for his parents.
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